PEDIATRICS Vol. 38 No. 2 August 1966, pp. 294-295
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Foreign Body of the Palate A Case Report

ANNELIESE L. SITARZ M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032

A 13-month-old Negro girl, suspected of having a tumor of the palate, was found to have half of a pistachio nut wedged between the ridges of a high arched palate. The foreign body was detected during a physical examination and was removed in the clinic.